org.hamcrest.beans
Class PropertyUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.hamcrest.beans.PropertyUtil

public class PropertyUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for accessing properties on JavaBean objects.

See http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/index.html for more information on JavaBeans.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Iain McGinniss

Constructor Summary

PropertyUtil()

Method Summary

static java.beans.PropertyDescriptor

getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object fromObj) Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PropertyUtil

public PropertyUtil()

Method Detail

getPropertyDescriptor

public static java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                                                  java.lang.Object fromObj)
                                                           throws java.beans.IntrospectionException

Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface.

Returns:

the description of the property, or null if the property does not exist.

Throws:

java.beans.IntrospectionException - if an error occured using the JavaBean Introspector class to query the properties of the provided class.